Wales

1984

Harry Callahan

Associated Names
Harry Callahan

Artist, American, 1912 - 1999

The image depicts an urban street scene from a street-level point of view, capturing a corner where two streets intersect. Buildings dominate the frame, with their facades lit by direct sunlight casting sharp shadows. The view is limited to the immediate buildings and street. The architecture features traditional style elements, including chimneys and decorative window frames. An older man is captured in motion, walking across the street into the shadowy area. A storefront on the right displays rugs or tapestries hanging outside. The color palette contrasts bright and deep tones, with the blue sky and sunlight highlighting the red and gray exteriors, as well as the dark shadowed areas. A street sign labeled "Princess Street" and house numbers add specificity to the location.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    dye imbibition print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Callahan Family

  • Dimensions

    overall (image): 24.3 x 36.7 cm (9 9/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 34.93 x 41.91 cm (13 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.)
    mat: 40.64 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.95.28


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Callahan family, Atlanta, GA; gift to NGA, 2011.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1996

  • Harry Callahan, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1997.

Bibliography

1996

  • Greenough 1996, p. 169.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, on sheet below image, lower right in graphite: Harry Callahan; on verso, by later hand, lower right in graphite: C-145

Wikidata ID

Q64154802

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